Galley-block.



VVx NICHOLAS I W. ACKERIVIAN.

LIMITE@ @TAFIE PATENT FFlEE.

WILLIAM NICHOLAS, OF SOUTHPORT, CONNECTICUT, AND WILLIAM ACKERMAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS T PREMIER MACHINE COMPANY, A CORPORA- TION OF DELAWARE.'

GALLEY-BLOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1917.

Application led July 7, 1914. Serial No. 849,577.

To all @07mm 'it may concern.'

Be it known that we, WILLIAM NICHOLAS,

a subject of the King of Great Britain, re`

siding in the town of Southport, 4county of F airfield, and State of Connecticut, and WILLIAM ACKERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Galley-Blocks, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

Our invention relates to printers appliances and has for an object to provide an expansible foot block for galleys which may be used for various column widths from a predetermined minimum to any required width.

In the practice of our invention we use a rectangular block having two side mem bers similar in construction and slidably secured together so as to maintain parallel outer sides in all adjusted positions. At either one or both sides of the block we employ supplemental blocks of substantially the same length as the resilient member, of predetermined widths which are preferably made in two sizes, one of which is two pica ems in width and the other live pica ems wide, either of which maybe attachably l secured to a side of the resilient block and additional members added to bring the width of the galley block to the desired pica measurement.

In actual practice there is rarely occasion to have a column less than six pica ems, therefore our resilient member is adapted to be expanded from that width 6 pica ems, to double the size or 12 picas.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrative of a preferred form of our device, Figure 1 is an under plan view of our improved block, not expanded, not in place in a type holding galley; Fig. 2 is a similar view of a nonsresilient, supplemental component of the galley block; Figs. 3 and 4 are similar sectional views, the former on line 33 of Fig. 1, the latter on line 4 4 of Fig. 2; Figs. 5 and 6 are respective end views of the resilient and supplemental blocks; and Fig. 7 shows the block in position in a galley.

Referring to the drawings: l represents the usual type of printers galley having the side walls 2 between which our galley block is adapted to be held as it is slid .lengthwise of the galley as the matter is fed therein when used in connection with a type setting machine. The galley block 3 is not a single member, but composed of a resilient member 5 and supplemental blocks 10 made preferably in two sizes, one measuring two ems, the other five ems, having reference to their normal position in the galley. The resilient block 5 has two similar side pieces, one of which is slidably mounted on the other, by means of the guide portions 7 at the respective ends thereof. W'ithin the side pieces 6 mounted upon suitable bosses 4a provided for the purpose are two similar compression springs 4 which are adapted to press the side pieces apart until the pins 8 on the guides at both ends of each of the side pieces impinge against stop extensions 9 provided at the corresponding ends at the other of the side pieces. The stops 9 and pins 8 are suitafbly placed at the respective outer ends of the guides 7 and as the latter move in relation one to the other, the pin recedes from the stop to the full extent of the compression of the springs which in the form illustrated admits of a collapsible movement of 3 pica ems. Hence as the width of the preferred form of block in full compression is 6 pica ems, it may be expanded to the limit of three pica ems additional.

In the sides of the resilient member at either end are the orifices 13, into which are adapted to fit tongue pieces l1 suitably extending from one side of each of the sup plemental blocks l0, similar orifices l2 being provided in the opposite faces of all of said supplemental blocks for receiving the corresponding piece of additional blocks in the same manner. A projecting thumb piece 14 is provided upon the end of the block 5, or more particularly described as projecting from one of the guide members 7 constitut ing the ends of the corresponding side pieces 6, by means of which thumb piece the block 5 may be lifted easily when it is desired to remove it from the galley in which it has been serving its purpose.

Thus it will be seen that when the resilient block having a capacity of expanding through 6 pica ems, by the use of blocks having 2 and 3 pica em width measurement, by

pieces substantially similar in form andzoppositely disposed, means for mounting one of said pieces slidably upon the other of said pieces; and means comprising' two similar compression springs adapted normally to eX- pand said side pieces substantially in the manner and for the purposes described.

2. A galley block and means for expanding its sides laterally in combination with S- supplemental blocksV and means for operably connecting such expansible Aand Vsupplemental blocks substantially in the manner and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our handsin the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VILLIAM NICHOLAS l/VILLIAM ACKERMAN. Vitnesses:

EDITH ENNissoN, JAMES ENNIssoN.

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